Garment hanger



March 1, 1938. CA E 2,109,584

GARMENT HANGER Filed Aug. 19, 1935 Patented Mar. 1, 1938 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER Carl B. Case,

Milwaukee, Wis.

Application August 19, 1936, Serial No. 96,834

1 Claim.

This invention pertains to garment hangers, and more particularly to a hanger for independently suspending both upper and lower garments.

The invention has primarily for its object the provision of an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, and conveniently operated hanger, which will support an upper garment in the conventional manner, and which is provided with means. for securely engaging a lower garment, such as a skirt, or the like, and effectively suspend the same so as to avoid creasing or wrinkling.

Incidental to the foregoing, a more specific object resides in the provision of a hanger having relatively movable, spaced arms normally urged outwardly and connected by slidably engaged bars, together with depending fingers for engagement within the waist, or other suitable portion of a lower garment.

A still further object in connection with the foregoing is to provide the outer ends of the sliding bars with depending fingers, whereby the relative angle of the fingers is maintained regardless of retraction of the arms of a hanger.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the novel construction, combination, and arrangement of parts, substantially as hereinafter described and more particularly defined by the appended claim, it being understood that such chan es in the precise embodiment of the herein disclosed invention may be made as come within the scope of the claim.

In the accompanying drawing is illustrated one complete example and a modification of the physical embodiment of the present invention constructed according to the best mode so far devised for the practical application of the principles thereof.

In the drawing:

Figure 1 is an elevation of a hanger constructed in accordance with one form of the present invention.

Figure 2 is a detailed section taken on the line 2-2 of Figure 1, and

Figure 3 is a fragmentary detail of a modified form of the invention.

Referring now more particularly to the accompanying drawing, the numeral I designates a supporting hook, preferably formed by bending the wire back upon itself, and twisting the same at the lower end of the hook, as indicated by the numeral 2, to secure the strands together, and prevent their spreading. From the hook the strands are coiled in opposite directions to provide a loop 3 from which they are flared downwardly to form hand-grips 4; for the purpose hereinafter set forth.

From the hand-grips 4 the strands are extended outwardly and downwardly to provide supporting arms. 5 of more or less conventional shape, for the reception of an upper garment. In that form of the invention illustrated in Figure 1, the lower ends of the arms 5 are provided with eyes 6 for reception of the horizontal bars I, the inner ends of which are turned over each other, as at 8, to provide for their sliding connection. The bars 1, adjacent their outer ends, are turned upwardly and downwardly to form the yokes 9 for reception of the eyes '6. The bars then terminate in outwardly flared fingers I0 having protuberances I l formed on their extremities, which serve to prevent tearing or damaging of the garment, and also resist displacement when the garment is suspended on the fingers, as will be later described in detail.

In the modified form of the invention, as shown in Figure 3, the arms 5' are twisted adjacent their outer ends to form eyes 6', and terminate in fingers l0, thus differing from the structure shown in Figure l, in that the fingers are formed on the arms. rather than on the sliding bars, which are merely connected to the eyes 6. However, the structure shown in Figure 1 is considered preferable, in that retraction of the fingers does not alter their relative angles, as will occur when the fingers are formed integrally with the arms.

In operation, the arms 5 are forced inwardly by grasping the hand-grips 4, thus causing the bars 1 to slide inwardly and move the fingers l0 toward each other, after which they are easily inserted into the waistband, or any other suitable opening in a garment. Upon release of the arms their resiliency Will force the fingers Ill away from one another, causing them to securely engage the garment and suspend the same, thus avoiding any possibility of creasing or wrinkling, which often occurs where a garment is placed over a horizontal bar. On the other hand, the sliding bars I may be used for supporting articles of apparel, such as trousers, ties, and so forth, in the conventional manner, if desired.

From the foregoing explanation, considered in connection with the accompanying drawing, it will be seen that an exceedingly simple, inexpensive, and conveniently operated hanger has been provided, which not only permits an upper garment to be supported in a conventional manner, but by slight manipulation of the resilient arms materially facilitates attachment and suspension of a lower garment without the necessity A garment hanger comprising a supporting hook, a pair of relatively movable arms carried by the hook and normally urged outwardly in opposite directions, said arms inclining down-' wardly and outwardly from the hook to form a coat support, inwardly extending bars having their inner ends slidably connected together, loops on the outer ends of the bars, eyes on the lower ends of the arms engaging the loops, and depending skirt-engaging fingers formed on the loops. 10

CARL B. CASE. 

